Definition of pirate Pirate

/pajˈɹʌt/ - [payrut] - pi•rate

We found 24 definitions of pirate from 8 different sources.

What does pirate mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: pirates
pirate - someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
		buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover
		despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
		barbary pirate, corsair a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction)
		sea king a Viking pirate chief
pirate - a ship that is manned by pirates
		pirate ship
		ship a vessel that carries passengers or freight
pirate - someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
		plagiarist, plagiarizer, plagiariser, literary pirate
		stealer, thief a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
Verb pirates, pirating, pirated
pirate - copy illegally; of published material
		steal steal a base
		criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, crime, offence, offense (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
pirate - take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"
		commandeer, hijack, highjack
		seize affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
		criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, crime, offence, offense (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
		skyjack subject an aircraft to air piracy; "the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan"
		carjack take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it; "My car was carjacked last night!"

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Wiktionary

pirate (Noun)
A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
pirate (Noun)
An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.
pirate (Noun)
One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.
pirate (Verb)
To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.
pirate (Verb)
To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.
pirate (Verb)
To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of.
pirate (Verb)
To engage in piracy.
pirate (Adjective)
Illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a well-known trademarked product or work subject to copyright protection and the counterfeit itself.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

pirate (n.)
A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor.
pirate (n.)
An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas.
pirate (n.)
One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission.
pirate (v. i.)
To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
pirate (v. t.)
To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

pirate
A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
pirate
A member of a pirate party.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

pirate
pī′rāt, n. one who, without authority, attempts to capture ships at sea: a sea-robber: an armed vessel which, without legal right, plunders other vessels at sea: one who steals or infringes a copyright.—v.t. to rob at sea: to take without permission, as books or writings.—n. Pī′racy, the crime of a pirate: robbery on the high seas: infringement of copyright.—adjs. Pirat′ic, -al, pertaining to a pirate: practising piracy.—adv. Pirat′ically. [Fr.,—L. pirata—Gr. peiratēs—peiraein, to attempt.]

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

pirate
pirate (πειρατης, Gr.) a sea-robber, or an armed ship that roams the seas without any legal commission, and seizes or plunders every vessel she meets indiscriminately, whether friends or enemies.
The colours usually displayed by pirates are said to be a black field, with a death’s head, a battle-axe and hour-glass. The last instrument is generally supposed to determine the time allowed to the prisoners, whom they take, to consider whether they will join the pirates in their felonious combination, or be put to death, which is often perpetrated in the most cruel manner.
Amongst the most celebrated pirates of the north is recorded Alvilda, daughter of a king of the Goths, named Sypardus. She embraced this occupation to deliver herself from the violence imposed on her inclination, by a marriage with Alf, son of Sigarus, king of Denmark. She drest herself as a man, and composed her band of rowers, and the rest of her crew, of a number of young women, attired in the same manner. Amongst the first of her cruizes she touched at a place where a company of pirates bewailed the death of their captain. The strangers were captivated with the agreeable manners of Alvilda, and chose her for their chief. By this reinforcement she became so formidable upon the sea, that prince Alf came to engage her. She sustained his attacks for a considerable time; but, in a vigorous action, Alf boarded her vessel, and having killed the greatest part of her crew, seized the captain, namely, herself; whom nevertheless he knew not, because the princess had a casque which covered her visage. Being master of her person, he removed the casque, and, in spite of her disguise, instantly recognized her, and offered her his hand in wedlock[42].

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

pirate
A sea-robber, yet the word pirata has been formerly taken for a sea-captain. Also, an armed ship that roams the seas without any legal commission, and seizes or plunders every vessel she meets; their colours are said to be a black field with a skull, a battle-axe, and an hour-glass. (See PRAHU.)

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pirate, verb, present, 1st person singular of pirate (infinitive).
pirate, verb (infinitive).
pirate, noun, singular of pirates.

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